Re: Business Card ISOs
On Sun 10 Jul, Joey Hess wrote:
> Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> > I wonder if the businesscard size is usefull at all. Any system you
> > can install with the businesscard images you can also install with
> > just the netboot.iso (~4Mb). Only drawback is that netboot breaks _if_
> > the next point release gets a new kernel-image for D-I.
>
> The cd team wondered the same thing at a meeting yesterday at DebConf.
> If anyone knows of any really good reasons to continue making the
> businesscard images instead of only netinst (and d-i's netboot iso of
> course), it would be good to let us know.
>
A new user may be happier to install the correct kernel for their
hardware during the initial installation, even if this means that it must be
downloaded from a network connection as with the businesscard installer,
rather than completing an initial installation with a general "vanilla"
kernel and then having to replace it.
--
Chris Bell
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